Editing Soviet submarine K-77 (section)

==== Finland ====
At the end of the [[Cold War]], Finnish businessman [[Jari Komulainen]], who was married to the daughter of [[President of Finland]] [[Mauno Koivisto]], used his influence as [[Finland]]'s "first son-in-law" to convince the Russian government to lease him a [[Foxtrot-class submarine|Project 641 "Foxtrot"-class submarine]], probably the ex-{{Ship|Soviet submarine|B-39||2}}. Komulainen opened it to the public in [[Helsinki]] in the spring of 1993 as a tourist attraction. He then purchased two Juliett-class submarines, one K-77 replacing the Foxtrot in 1994, becoming a bar and restaurant as well as a tourist attraction.<ref name=HighBeam>{{Cite web|last=Zuckerman|first=Elizabeth|url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-109640855.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150904090348/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-109640855.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=4 September 2015|title=Soviet submarine once prepared to attack East Coast now calls Providence home|agency=Associated Press|date=5 June 2005|access-date=24 June 2015}}</ref> Komulainen believed that his restaurant had been ''K-81'', based on a metal plate discovered inside the boat. However, it later transpired that that plate and others bearing different numbers were provided for the crew to display on the submarine's sail during surface running to confuse [[NATO]] reconnaissance aircraft. Komulainen also held a [[beauty pageant]] "Miss Submarine" at the submarine. Model Anitra Ahtola, who won the competition, later became his third wife.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1392969/bio/|title=Anitra Ahtola – Biography|website=IMDb}}</ref>

As a restaurant, ''K-77'' was modestly successful, but was not lucrative enough to satisfy Komulainen. In 1998, he leased his submarine to a Canadian promoter, who towed it to [[Tampa Bay, Florida]].<ref name=HighBeam/> However, the intended mooring location in the harbor was too shallow and the investors were forced to move the proposed tourist attraction to a more remote site.  Soon, the promoter filed for bankruptcy, and ''K-77'' reverted to Komulainen. He did not want to repeat the nerve-wracking trans-Atlantic tow, and instead tried at least twice to auction the submarine on [[eBay]] — auctions #222791130, ending on 20 December 1999, and #270148521, ending on 7 March 2000. In each case, bidding was to start at US$1 million. No bids were received.